ESG Watts, Inc. v. Pollution Control Board

ESG Watts, Inc. (Watts), appeals the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s (Board’s) decision affirming the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (Agency’s) denial of seven waste stream permit applications. The Agency appeals a Board sanction requiring that it pay Watts’ attorney $1,250 for fees incurred because the Agency failed to meet the Board’s briefing deadline. We hold that the Board’s decision affirming the Agency’s denial of the waste permits was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. We therefore affirm the ruling (3—96—0533). However, we hold that the Board lacked the…